Visuwords is a very pretty, very interesting dictionary and thesaurus!
Use the random button, or type in the word that you are searching for. Watch the swirl as the words and meanings emerge. A very nice tool to catch kids interest – and to show the connections and interlacing relationships of words in our English language.
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Just the tool I’m looking for for year 8 English, Judy! Brilliant!
M
I saw this site first today when i saw a student working on it!
What an amazing tool! Tried it with ‘journeys’ – which would provide some useful discusson and prompters for NSW HSC Area of Study. Great visual tool which the kids will love!
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I’ve been using this with a class of 4th grade students as part of weekly spelling review/practice. It works well and they love to see the connections the words make. Great for visual learners.
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